I am Dogan(Nissim) Davit Akman (Aseo) born in Istanbul;son of I. Mazalto (Ines) deTaranto born in Istanbul; grand-son ofII.Mordechai aka Shapat ( son of Itzhak)de Taranto of Edirne and later Istanbul ((married to Roza Bourla or Burla whose other children were 2) Sol (who married a Bulgarian),3) Zelda, 4) Izak and 5) Miryam));great-grand son of III.Itzhak (son of Shalom) Taranto, of Edirne (( married more than once, whose other children were 2) Shelomo,2) Avraham and 3)Hursi )), and great-great grand-son ofShalom(or Shelomo) Taranto whose ancestors originated from the Apulia Region of southern Italy((whose other children, besides Itzhak, were 2)Lea aka Dudu (married to Shemuel Gerassi); 3)Aaron aka Behor(( married more than once, whose other children were 1) Esther; 2) Shelomo Nissim (married to Esther Razon) and 3) Zimbul (married to Avraham Cozi));and 6) Bolisu (married to Yossef Danon)),I am researching my ancestry. If you are also researching your ancestry, and you think you might be related to anyone of these persons, please send a word to Dogan.Akman@rogers.com. On the other hand, if you also happen to know of anyone else doing a similar search for the same name please do send this message along to that person.